No, Emilia is not dressed as Jesus. That would have been pretty funny, but I still have enough of a hangover from years of being raised Catholic that I would worry about being smited (smote?) (smitten?) for impiety. She was a cave girl, via Jasper’s Bam Bam costume, which he rejected in favor of last year’s ill-fitting fireman costume accessorized with his sister’s bright pink ankle socks, a choice that we didn’t understand until we witnessed him devote two-thirds of his trick-or-treating schedule to systematic jack-o-lantern safety inspections at every house in the neighborhood (“ooh, Mommy,” he’d say, kneeling by a particularly brightly lit gourd, “PUMPKIN. TOO HOT.” Then he’d try to blow it out.) Clearly, he had a mission, and so he wasn’t so much donning a costume as he was putting on a uniform and pursuing a vocation. We never did figure out the pink socks, but I think that that choice is best left unexamined.

Anyway, yeah: Emilia went as a cave girl, but ended up looking more like a very tiny Jesus with blunt-cut bangs and a leftover steak bone shoved in his robe belt, which is, I imagine, exactly how Jesus rolled. But you didn’t hear that from me.

Well, since my sisterwives were busy with their own kids, I went as a more appropriate witch. I took out a cowgirl and a dragon. My husband stayed home with the other 12 kids, and I believe it was Emma’s night, so I’ll see him tomorrow
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Seriously best mom ever right here – we went yesterday afternoon to buy Halloween costumes right before trick or treating. My two year old was devastated that they didn’t have a batman costume that fit her so I conned her in to being Ariel. Hey! It fit! And she liked it!
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My kids were a ninja (many of my older neighbors had to ask him what he was) and a wizard. I skipped the costume for trick-or-treating, but at a party the night before, I went as the ninja’s mom/sensei: dad’s old kimono + a pair of shiny black jazz pants.
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My daughter wanted to be a “spooky house” – I must have done a decent job on her costume because everyone said she looked like a haunted house. Then she would correct them. I went in my usual costume: harried and irritable mom.
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My spouse went as the Big Bad Wolf in grandma’s “nightie” and I went as, um, something like Little Red Riding Hooker which involves a bit of red-check gingham and lots of fishnet. Which is why you should never, ever, ever let your spouse be in charge of choosing Halloween costumes. Ever.

Next year, I am going as an age-appropriate cougar accessorized by three hot 20 year olds. I am saving now to pay them for the night’s work.

The kiddo was a far more appropriate Super Girl, albeit a pink, sparkly version. But, it’s progress from Princess-land. And I will take it.
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Okay, I went as an 80s chick. And was suprizingly comfortable. Which says something about me… I guess. Um. :-/
Husband went as a preppy pirate.
Kids went as Sitting Bull & Princessly-ghostly-princess-ghost. Oh the things you can do with cheese cloth.
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you should probably know a couple of things first, Halloween is my husband’s birthday… he turned 60 this year and he is a political wonk. I threw a surprise party for him and came dressed as the senator he is working to unseat. The look on his face was priceless!

My four year old decided she was going to be a princess weeks ago, so I made her a cape and we rounded up other needed accessories. She wore that to her preschool party last Tuesday, but when it was time to dress up for our big party with friends, she decided that costume was too itchy. So she pulled a bunch of stuff out of the dress-up clothes and was a “love fairy” that spread love with her wand that had a heart at the end of it. BUT when it was time for trick-or-treating, she decided to wear the plushy cozy bug costume she wore when she was one. It still (almost) fit!

I am a science teacher and went as the periodic table to school, but then a witch for the party Saturday night. Which I regret because my friend’s 17-month-old whacked me in the eyeball with my witch’s hat and now I’m putting ointment on it every three hours.

My 6 month baby girl hoots like an owl, like, all day. Maybe it sounds more like a baby pigeon… In any case, I made her an owl costume with feathers and felt. I think it turned out spectacularly! Even better than the Martha Stewart pattern online.. hahaha (though it was cute too) Anyways Baby didn’t really enjoy it that much:http://www.flickr.com/photos/19038086@N00/5136187448/